Naxal-affected Dantewada’s picture will soon be changed due to the hard work and skill of sisters
Raipur, 31 January 2021. On the first day of his two-day visit to Dantewada, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the DENEX Nava Dantewada Garment Factory run by Bihan women groups after reaching village Haram of Gidam development block. Mr. Baghel visited the factory, interacted with the women and girls working there, inquired about their work, encouraged them and appreciated the quality of the garments being manufactured in the factory. The Chief Minister said that now the name of ‘DENEX’, a garment brand manufactured in this factory by the women power of Dantewada, will shine in the country and abroad. He also gave blessings to the girls working in the factory.
It is noteworthy that this garment factory has been started in Dantewada district by training local women on the initiative of the district administration to eradicate poverty. In order to provide regular employment to women in this state-of-the-art factory, MoU has been signed with TRIFED, CRPF, NMDC for the sale of the products here. 1.92 crore for this project The textile unit has been set up on 5 acres of land.
Chief Minister Mr. Baghel said that it is a pleasant surprise to see the sisters in Dantewada, a naxalite area in the Denex, making garments efficiently in the factory. In Dantewada, where there were frequent Naxal incidents and there was no employment of mine except mine, today our sisters are training and making various types of readymade garments including high quality jackets, shirts, kurtas. The pain of our sisters will soon change the picture of Dantewada. Such a large factory is being operated in the extreme Naxalite affected area, not even in the capital Raipur. You all created new employment opportunities and told what our sisters could not do. This is the first victory of a new beginning. This will provide employment to the people and will also create the identity of the district. Chief Minister Mr. Baghel also congratulated and congratulated everyone on the inauguration of this factory.
Women members of Bihaan presented the Chief Minister with a jacket and T-shirt made of Kosse at the garment factory. The Chief Minister appreciated the quality of the products being manufactured by women. The Chief Minister said that you are very happy to see that you have also made a jacket for me. When these products manufactured by you go to the country and abroad, your hard work will be appreciated as well as your district will be promoted.
On this occasion, the instructor of the factory, Mrs. Renu Ekka informed that the first unit of textile industry in the district is being opened in the name of Nava Dantewada Garment Factory in Haram Gram Panchayat of Geedam Development Block of the district, where 300 families in two shifts are provided employment. Will go. In this, they are initially taught 45 days of basic things like scissors, cutting, sewing, finishing, ironing, packaging, giving 45 days training. So that every beneficiary can master all the nuances of the textile industry. The factory will work with all modern technologies. In this grand factory, training rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, rest rooms, first aid centers, rooms for children to play, gardens, toilets and other facilities have been provided for the people working here. Dantewada in addition to the future Haram unit, Units will also be set up in Barsur and Bacheli. Due to which one thousand families of the district will get employment. Which will prove to be the foundation stone for poverty alleviation in Dantewada district.
On this occasion, Revenue Minister and Minister in charge of Dantewada District Mr. Jaysingh Agarwal, Lok Sabha MP Mr. Deepak Badge, Vice President of Bastar Development Authority and Bijapur MLA Mr. Vikram Shah Mandvi, Chairman of Handicrafts Development Board and Narayanpur MLA Mr. Chandan Kashyap, Parliamentary Secretary and Jagdalpur MLA Mr. Rekhachand Jain, MLA Kondagaon Mr. Mohan Markam, MLA Mrs. Devati Karma, District Panchayat Dantewada President Tulika Karma, Head of Naxal Operations ADG Ashok Juneja, Commissioner Mr. G.R. Churendra, IG Sundararaj P., Collector Deepak Soni, Superintendent of Police Dr. Abhishek Pallava and other officers and dignitaries of the area were also present